By Garvin Karunaratne

Pliny( GaiusPlinius Secundus), an Army Commander of the Roman Army who battled for Rome in Germany in his records speak of living in Taprobane for some six months and also mentions of an ambassador to Rome from the island of Taprobane. He speaks of landing in Kudiramalai in Taprobane, hosted by the king . speaks of four envoys sent to Rome from Taprobane. Taprobane is said to comprise five hundred towns. The details given speak of a Taprobane a country of milk and honey

What are we now.

Time to rethink of the days of Dudley Senanayake when we were self sufficient in rice, while giving a ration of rice free to everyone. I served then as the Additional GA at Kegalla and accompanied him every Saturday and Sunday for two years accompanying him to meetings in his electorate. He was everywhere in his electorate and never found any poverty. On the other days I went to Dr N.M.s Electorate at Yatiyantota. If we had poverty there he would have not hesitated to raise it in Parliament.We had definitely eradicated poverty then.

It is time to for deep thinking

It is hoped that our Government will have the Development Programmes that were wiped out to accommodate IMF blessings” in 1977 which led to our demise. I did not know JR. I knew Ronnie closely. I am sad that Ronnie was hoodwinked by the iMF.

Garvin Karunaratne

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